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Table 2 Amino acid physicochemical properties under positive destabilizing selection in Hox genes

From: Selection on different genes with equivalent functions: the convergence story told by Hox genes along the evolution of aquatic mammalian lineages

Genes

Alpha-helical tendencies

Turn tendencies

Power to be at the N-terminal

Coil tendencies

Thermodynamic transfer hydrophobicity

HoxA2

x

x

   

HoxA4

x

 

x

  

HoxA7

     

HoxA13

x

    

HoxB1

x

x

x

x

 

HoxB4

x

x

 

x

 

HoxC10

x

    

HoxC13

x

    

HoxD1

x

    

HoxD12

    

x